Improvement in fare-boxes for railroad cars



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Gnocca' c. HATHORN, 0F NEW YORK', 1v. Y.

. Leners Baena No. 100,758, daad March 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN FARE-BOXES FOR RAILROAD CARS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making parte! the same.

To `all whom fit may concern l l. Be it known that I, GEORGE C..HATH01{N, ofNe\ York city, State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of a Money-Box or Fare-Collector for Railroad and Street- Gars, Stages, 85e., which is simple in construction and convenient and possesses many advantages over others, the natureof which, in the following specification, will `be clearly and distinctly shown.`

The nature of my improvement consists in constructing a money-box oriarecollector, the upper part of `which is` a glass cylinder with a spherical top, and the lower part is made of ametal spherical. box'to receive the money. l

A conveyer or chute, formed of twohelical curves or'a double screw, is attached to a spindle or shaft inclosed within thevcylinder. Said spindle or shaft projects through thetop, and secured to a crank or button by a nut. The lower end extends down through the money-box far enough to receive a padlock, which `boldsit in position.

. The cylinder is secured to a metallic ring bya ila'nch, andthe money-box slides within and `may be fixedwto the woodwork of acar, or secured to a belt and work on the person as a portable fare-collector, i

Secured to the metallic band-or ring is a plate or shelf on which the bottom `of the conveyer or chute rests. It has an opening leading to the money-box,

,covered by the conveyer or chute when money is deposited, and open" when theshaft is moved one-quarter turnand the conveyer or chute tits close enough to scrape the money and tickets into the opening, and is i forced `back by means of a spring.

lIn order to prevent dishonest persons from tamper-A` ing with the money-box, a telltale or detector is'used. A small ball is inclosed within a chamber in the lower part of the conveyer orchute, and remains so while ina vertical position, but should the money-box be linverted, said ball drops through a door opening out, This an'angement has been fully tested and found to workto good advantage.

` Having thus set` forth the nature of my invention, and to enable others skilled inthe art to make and use the same, I will nowl proceed to describe it, and

certify that the accompanying drawing is a full and correct representation, like letters conforming to like parts,

Description.

Figure l is a perspective View 0f lhe money-box or fare-collector when fixed in `a car.

Figure 2, a perspective view of the same when used as a. portable.

Figure 3 is a plan of the plate or shelf, looking from thebottom, and showing the recoil spring.

Figure 4 shows part of the interior .of a car, and the i manner of using the money-b0x 0r fare-collector as a.

portable.

A, the cylinder, secured to metallic band B by lanch C, secured tothe wood-Work.

D, the helical curved conveyer or chute on the shaft E, which projects through cylinder A and ends with a crank or button, F.

in the opening on top 0f cylinder A, and sliding down the conveyer D.

H, gs. 2 and 3, the opening inplate or shelf G, through which the money falls into the box J, which has a hole, at K, through which the shaft E passes and is kept in place by the padlock L.

M,`a ball inclosed in a chamber at the lower end of the conveyer or chute. i v

N, a door hinged to swing open when the mon-eybox Aor fare-collector. is turned upside down.

Claims.

Witnesses f HENRY O. Buss,

ANDREW Busca, J r.

G, the plate or shelf which receives the money put 

